Strangers, Neighbors, and Friends
Our greatest challenge may not be disagreement itself, but our diminishing capacity to remain in relationship across it.
Belonging
The Officer in the Closet: How betraying my Hasidic father’s tradition made me the only one to carry his legacy.
My father’s silence told me there was something else, buried deep inside him, that I could not reach.
Retreating from Our Known World
How long before these breaking news headlines start to break me—or the deeper, real-er version of me?
In Your Midst: Distance, Presence, and the Work of Relationship
Over time, healthy relationships develop space; the love has become strong enough to tolerate separation.
Connecting with T’fillah: Zooming in and zooming out
In a self-obsessed and individualistic world, how can we recognize, delight in, and live up to the commitments we have to each other, to the world, and to making it more sacred?
The Limits of Praying for Health
Interestingly, you almost never see someone reciting the prayer for healing on their own behalf.
Faith in Fatherhood
Despite everything in me that did not want to be a father, this small boy is the greatest teacher I have ever met.
Prayer for a Community of Belonging
This February, as we observed Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month, we took time to reflect on what it truly means to build a community where all are welcome—not just in theory, but in practice.
In A Place Where There is No Hope, Be a Builder of Hope
However you feel you can add light to the world, do it.
Living in a Time of Shemot: Building Meaning in Disorder
Our greatest spiritual innovations ahead may just come from the moments of our deepest pain.